Introduction

This website is my gift to Catholics. I am forever grateful and indebted to my parents and teachers who taught me the basics of the Christian faith and the fear of the Lord.

I'm a former Catholic but not an anti-Catholic – I have no grudge or resentment against any individual, and frankly, I love all Catholics. I am all ‘for’ Catholics – even when I question the teachings and practices of the Catholic Church. I have made it my aim to 'speak the truth in love' for I have a wonderful message to share.

So what can I give you?

First, I urge you to hold fast to the many truths taught by the Catholic Church, not least the Trinity, the incarnation of the eternal Son, his death on the cross, the resurrection, and his coming again for judgment, and other wholesome biblical doctrines and ethical teaching of the Church.

Sadly there are other teachings and traditions that have come in over the centuries which have obscured the gospel message. I want to help you clear off the dust so that the glory of the grace of God might shine through.

All of us need grace. For we all have broken God’s law, we are guilty before him, and we desperately need to know the way of salvation. This is what I desire to share with you most - the gospel, the good news that Christ came to the world to save sinners. If you are spiritually thirsty, let  me show you where I found the Water of Life so that you too may drink and satisfy your soul.

May I invite you to read the following:

1. Answers from the Bible – deals briefly with the main questions that Catholics ask about the way of salvation.

2. What must I do to be saved? – an explanation of the message of the gospel and an invitation to come to Christ for forgiveness and eternal life.

If you have any question, or if I can help you in any way, please do not hesitate to write to me.

May the Lord richly bless you,

Sincerely,
Joseph Mizzi

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The ‘justified’ are believers in Jesus Christ, but as we all know, Christians are neither innocent nor sinless. Like unbelievers, they too break the Law of God. The most devout Christian humbly confesses with the rest of God’s people, ‘If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us’ (1 John 1:8). Yet God says that they are justified. The Divine Judge acquits them and sets them free from every penalty. Isn’t that a breach of justice? Shouldn’t they, being law-breakers, be condemned and punished?

Moreover, ‘his blood’ refers to the Son of God who was crucified on the cross. Now Jesus is immaculate, sinless, innocent, just; he is the Holy One of God. Why should he be killed? Jesus should have been justified; he should have never been put to death because he has always obeyed God’s Law perfectly.

We cannot say that Christ’s death was merely a murder or an injustice committed by evil men. It was more than that. The Bible says that ‘it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief’ (Isaiah 53:10). Jesus was ‘delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God’ (Acts 2:23). God planned his Son’s death from eternity, and sent him to the world for that very purpose.

Why then did the Righteous die? What guilt was he carrying on his shoulders? His own? Most certainly not, for he was without sin. Whose sins, then?

Christ died for our sins! All who believe in him can joyfully say, ‘God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us’ (Romans 5:8). We admit that as sinners we deserve a sentence of condemnation and the punishment of death in hell forever. Instead God transferred our sins onto his Son and he was condemned and castigated instead of us. By his death Christ made satisfaction to the law and justice of God. That is why the Bible declares that we are ‘JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD. God can justly free us from hell because our Saviour was punished by death in our place.

What do you see when you look back at the Man on the cross? Do you see your substitute dying for your sins? Can you honestly repeat the blessed words, ‘I am justified by his blood’?

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